Hemang Ashwinkumar

Hemang Ashwinkumar is a bilingual poet, fiction writer, translator, editor, and critic working in Gujarati and English. His work has been widely translated and published in India and internationally. His English translations include “Poetic Refractions”, an anthology of contemporary Gujarati poetry; “Thirsty Fish and Other Stories” and Dalpat Chauhan’s novel “Vultures”. He has also translated Arun Kolatkar’s “Kala Ghoda Poems”, “Sarpa Satra”, and “Jejuri” into Gujarati. A recipient of the New India Foundation Translation Fellowship, he was Writer-in-Residence at Sangam House in 2025. His work includes poetry, fiction, and translations of major Gujarati literary texts into English.